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package org.springframework.plugin.metadata;

/**
 * Interface for plugins providing metadata information. Usually the plugins will implement this interface themselves.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
public interface MetadataProvider {

	/**
	 * Returns the plugins metadata.
	 * 
	 * @return the plugins metadata
	 */
	PluginMetadata getMetadata();
}
